She is so full of Bull you would need more than a pinch , it’s not the BBC, that demands a fee, it is the U k government, that makes the bbc act as the collector, of this tax, I would pay twice the licence cost, as the bbc is more than value for the cost
@@Mike-xh7wbYou’ve got to be joking about the BBC! They are completely biased and left wing; they’re a disgrace. Do not pay TV licence! They were a disgrace over Brexit and Covid and now over Israel!
I came to the comments as I don't agree with everything. Only when using the London Underground have I seen people running up the escalators, we don't have to stay to the right and we don't run up them in general. Also not everyone rushes to the pub garden on sunny days. It is true about the dark mornings and dark very early in winter. Also you only pay back your student loans once you are earning over a certain amount per year.
50 'FACTS' about British life is purely from her own perspective and should be taken with a 'pinch of salt'! A lot of it is VERY dependent upon the area of the UK, standard of living and many other factors. I actually agree with Lucy on the majority of things mentioned but disagree on others.
We have lots of hot sunny weather ! Also we do not believe 19 degrees to be hot! It is very common in the summer to reach 28 and 30 degrees !Why do they do this, Do they live in deep damp caves somewhere !
We do get hotter temperatures but remember in the US houses are often made of wood and almost everywhere has AC, in Britain houses tend to be stone or brick, designed to keep heat in and rarely fitted with AC. So I would much rather suffer not weather living in the U.S. Than I would in Britain.
I think Some English folk forget that Wales, Scotland and NI tend to do things differently. University in Scotland is free for Scottish residents. International and other UK students do have to pay. Tikka Masala was invented in Scotland and even though we are in the UK, Sunday Roast isn't our national dish.
Lucy is a time traveller from some point in the last 50 years, Like Lawrence from ‘Lost in the Pond.’ Can’t watch her. Love your channel and will pick up on the next one. Peace, my good man.
@@LauraNixon1 Don’t be confused, Laura. Confusion is a waste of our time, of which we have precious little. To answer your question…. Hang on, you did use a question mark…. So you did. Well done. Grammar and punctuation is beautiful, precious and much disregarded these days. Lucy, now this is only my opinion, harks back to slightly pre gen z era. Millennial? Extremely Londoncentric and projecting that to anyone outside the country as the English ‘default’. Her presentation reminds me of the 50s jolly English person, which existed in my youth, cos I’m 70, but seems to only serve well as a phishing exercise for TH-cam clicks. I, myself, have modest channel with a few subs. But I have uploaded long enough to know the game. Have a great weekend.
I think she said Indian because it was created by British cooks of South Indian origin. Hence 'Indian' dish. Tikka dishes were named that in the Mughal era although they can be traced back to Babylonian times. Indian.
Yeah I'm English and while I was on Amsterdam I fancied a curry so I went into an Indian restaurant and asked for a chicken balti... The waiter looked at me like I was talking a different language.. I presumed balti was a traditional Indian thing but no it originates from. Birmingham quite close to my home town Wolverhampton and I truly did not know
From an American in me family.. they like to mispronounce.. because they lazy and Alm to annoy.. ( his words🤣) eg :n Iraq and iran..drives me nuts! And thanks to them .. our Brit kids say Anna wrong from frozen..watching trump butcher everyone’s country/names etc.. proved it too! It doesn’t matter how many times you correct them on English.. they refuse., and as for American English.. bollocks! Ya American n ya speak American!!
Yeap I rarely if ever tip plus there is a minimum wage in this country so waiters are not as disadvantaged as those in the US. If we do tip it is generally just in restaurants and no where else
Tipping is simply an acknowledgment of a service given, whether it be good, bad or indifferent, obviously the better the service the bigger the tip. It's all part of the occasion of going out to eat. @@Mugtree
32: Has she never heard of sink plugs? What does she think they are for. You mix the hot and cold water in the sink with the plug in to get the temperature you want. After washing you "pull the plug" emptying the sink. Simples. It annoys me when people (mostly visitors) complain about separate taps in the UK just because they do not know how to wash in a sink properly. Also the separate Hot Water Tank (now abolished in new builds) did allow particles from the pipes to get into the water, not only that, but also germs. We were always taught to NEVER drink water from the Hot Tap. Don't forget also, that pretty much up until the 1950's internal water pipes in the houses could be made of lead. Nowadays they will be copper or plastic mostly
No 26 - British draught beer IS NOT served at 'room temperature' nor is it warm. Room temperature beer would be returned to any bar with demands for a refund, since room temperature is 20-22 degrees C (68-72 degrees F) which is ridiculously warm! Draught beer in the UK is served at 'cellar temperature' which is designed to be 3-8 degrees C (36-47 degrees F) which is cool. This is the ideal temperature to bring out the flavour of the ale. The exception to this is Lager which is invariably served chilled, and this is seen as fine, since Lager has no particular flavour and is just used to cool down teenagers who have outgrown Coca Cola, and whose tastes haven't progressed or matured sufficiently to appreciate proper beer!
Have to butt in here the amount of people who go to the pub after work are in the minority not the majority I don't know why they say it's British culture to go to the pub straight after work because it's not maybe in the largest cities London Birmingham ect but not all of us do this xx
I think that the loss of so many pubs recently (after the Great Madness) is part testament to the fact that a lot people are not doing it anymore. There are still many pubs for which that is their core customer though.
I think the thing that you can accurately learn from the comments here is that the UK is incredibly diverse, and no individual's take on our 'societal norms' is going to represent everyone in the country. As mentioned in another video, you can travel a comparatively short distance in the UK and find a completely different accent - along with different traditions, and ways of life. I have never lived in London, but I grew up in a semi-rural area, and have lived in both large and medium-sized cities in both the north and the south; I am now semi-rural again, and I have found that the biggest differences between all of these areas and the communities within them can mainly be found in the small - and ultimately inconsequential - details; the constant, however, is that people in the UK are - on the whole - pretty decent, friendly, and willing to assist people in need. Love the channel, by the way!
Yeah, like kissing and shaking hands. Do women still kiss each other? I've often been out and about with my sister, (she's 66 and I'm 59), and she's never, ever kissed any of her mates on the cheek if we bump into them. Can't say if she meets someone when it's planned, but I don't think so. And I've never shaken a mate by the hand, or hugged them.
@@robcrossgrove7927 Business people shake hands but never friends. A hug sometimes when not seen someone for a while or had bad news. Latest for guys especially & the covid thing, putting fists together now seems common.
On the subject of giving up your seat on the bus, I recommend Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, "Dwarf on a Bus". Also, she's obviously done no research of Royal finances, all profits from Royal Estates are paid direct to the treasury, and a portion of that money is returned to the crown for running costs, that's without taking into account the millions that tourism contributes.
Quite a number of young people and less well-informed people seem to dislike the 'cost' of the monarchy through simple ignorance. It's annoying but hopefully someone will correct them one day.
@@etherealbolweevil6268 I'm not disputing that, I'm typing about the thousands upon thousands of tourists who come specifically to see royal palaces, castles, weddings, funerals and other ceremonies
It's probably because I am old & disabled but though I've lived in S E London most of my life, I've not lived as Lucy states regarding societal habits / behaviours. I think that's because Lucy is 'posh' and I'm not, I'm just a "common or garden poor pensioner church mouse' - who is definitely _not_ a "god-botherer" !! ❤️🖖
@@-rya1146 gosh ! I had no idea, how remit of me, I wish I had your in-depth philosophical understanding, I bet your mummy is elated, with your incredible talent
Extremely similar to Sweden. We have darker and colder winters, and we don't kiss people on the cheek, but all in all pretty much the same. Sunday Roast (Söndagsstek in Swedish) is a relatively large chunk of meat roasted in the oven (I usually cook it in a Dutch oven on the stove top though). Fun fact, English - Swedish: Steak - Biff Beef - Nötkött Roast - Stek
@@Isleofskye autocorrect wasn't helping me out 😅 i knew it was wrong, tried writing it a couple of times but it allowed it as correct! Now i see your spelling it's obvious 😂 ✌🏻
I think kissing on the cheek is much more common if you are (a) female (b) posh, or like Lucy (c) female and posh. And 2 men will not be kissing each other on the cheek even if they are posh.
Also, additionally, I would question Lucy’s comment about people eating huge breakfasts in the U.K. A big breakfast consisting of eggs, bacon, sausages etc., is usually only something people eat on weekends and special occasions, most people don’t have time for this. It’s far more common for people to eat cereal or toast for breakfast.
Cellar temperature is for ale and never room temperature, that's just stupid and badly informed! Overflow is not something our toilets generally suffer from? Our plumbing is pretty good and we don't require an ocean of water in our toilets. Europe is the same, as usual, the US is just different to everywere else?
The reason why we can't stand the heat is because of the humidity. We have higher humidity than continental europe plus no Air conditioning + Brick houses = torture🤣
@@meridianx9020 I'm reasonably close to my sister, but even we don't kiss on the cheek, or anywhere for that matter. I'm 59 and my sister is 66 and I don't think we've ever kissed or hugged.
You can't compare temperatures as 19c in reality feels much hotter because of the climate. Its sweltering compared to a standard 19c in california for example.
Pushing in queues does happen, it's just accompanied with lots of tutting, eye rolls between other people and dirty looks. Occasionally, people might call out "pushers in" but I've not seen it done often.
My thoughts exactly. Except that in the US, I think they have a lot more water in their toilets. So much so that it seems it's not *that* far from the top. Well endowed gentlemen sometimes complain of getting a wet nut sack!
We use 2 taps as we fill the sink with water and use it with a flannel or sponge to wash, it also stops wasting lots of water. Also, plenty of people holiday in the uk, I don't think you can be guaranteed great weather and no rain anywhere!
You'll be hated if you queue jump....just Google Phil and Holly queue jump 2:32 lying in state ( these were two daily morning tv presenters) got so hated for by the public afterwards
You don't need a TV licence for ownership of a TV, this is a misconception that many people have. You only need one for live broadcasted TV, this also includes +1 TV channels (channels that are an hour behind). You don't need a TV licence if you're watching on demand TV like ITVX or Channel 4/4OD. But you still can't watch the live feed on these, it has to be the catch-up ones (single episodes that have already aired, and you have to look for). Also only the BBC doesn't show commercials, but it will show adverts for different programs on the BBC. All the other channels will show both types. The BBC only really gets the money from this, no other channels get a cut. They have to rely on the commercials they air. The kiss on the cheek? She must be on about lasses, no self respecting lad/man/bloke would do that. Maybe the posh soft ones in that London, down south. Normally shaking their hand, shaking their hand whilst giving them a pat on the back/hug, or just a hug followed by a pat on the back. The giving up your seat is for the elderly or a disabled person, and pregnant women. Yep, the pub and beer gardens are similar. The thing is, some of ours also have playgrounds attached. There has been many official studies done by third parties to actually find out that the Royal Family brings in a shed load of money, through tourism, charitable donations and charities in general. More than they spend. In quite alot of the UK it goes breakfast, dinner and then tea. Not tea as in the drink, but it does play a part in the history. If someone asks if you're alright? 'Not bad, yourself' is one answer aswell. The standing on the right on an escalator is also sensible, most people's dominant hand is their right (to hold the rail). The Church numbers started to go down roughly around the 50s, you don't need to be a historian to know what happened just before then. The hot water thing, you should just not put the tap on fast flow. Most Brit should have mastered this when a child, this kinda goes out of the window if someone has got it hot just before you. Then you just do the same, but with the cold. Cyclists don't pay road tax, and they also think they can go through red lights (the list goes on, not including the stuff they wear). Up North is abit different, we will try to get to know the people around us. Even if it's just a hello or short chat now and again. I'm not saying all area's are like this, but most look after each other. Admittedly if you're in the city centre (shopping etc), you keep your guard up abit. Fish 'n' Chip shops started to change their oil alot more often because of regulations. The only problem is, they didn't taste as nice. Also, if you go to a Chippy you have to ask for scraps. Scraps are the bits of fried batter that has fallen of the fish and sausages. You kinda have to time it right to get a decent amount. They should be free, but some numpties try charging you. What she has said is very London centric mainly, but she brought up some decent points though. Tom Scott does have decent channel, you should look it up (if you haven't already).
Strange. In the Victorian era. People with a tan was considered poor and it was undesirable. Fast forward 150 years.. If you have a tan. You must be able to go on holiday/vacation. Therefore you must be rich or doing well 😂
I've noticed a lot of women, especially young women like getting a sun bed or spray tan. They also seem to like to put their make up on with a trowel and have eyelashes like spiders on hormones that work out. Personally I would much rather see a woman without much make up. See their natural beauty rather than a mannequin.
@@robcrossgrove7927 That explains alot then, I never tan, even when I was younger, my dad is the same and his parents were both pale, yet my husband's side he and his parents and their parents are quite dark come summer, especially my mother in law, shes really dark-skinned. I must come from aristocracy!!
Ali Ahmed Aslam is said to have invented chicken tikka masala at his Glasgow (Scotland) restaurant in the 1970s. With its chunks of spiced chicken surrounded by a rich tomato and yogurt-based sauce, chicken tikka masala is one of the UK's most beloved dishes.
Dont know or never met a single person that kisses hello and nobody says sorry for passing the salt or anything else. This girl is just talking about her self and her weird middle class friends I think lol
She is rather representing Southern English ways. Further north there is a tendency to call the evening meal 'high tea' or 'tea', whilst lunch is 'dinner'. Fish and chips are eaten a bit more in the North of England, or anywhere near the coast, because the quality of the fish is better.
Point 36 is missing some major points. Scottish students studying in a Scottish university get free tuition. The tuition fee is covered by a loan, the total of this does not really matter for most students because of the way repayments are made. You do not pay a single penny back until you earn over a threshold amount which is equivalent of between approximately $26944 to $33853 depending on when you took out your loan and when you studied for your degree as there are currently 4 different thresholds for degrees. The repayment you make is a % of the difference between what you have earned and the threshold, and as this is done either by your employer in your “pay cheque” or in your tax returns (most UK workforce doesn’t do tax returns). You barely notice the small amount you repay back towards your loan. The loan does not count towards any credit score / mortgage. The loan gets written off completely without any black mark against you after 30 years regardless of how much is still owed. Also you can get a same type of loan to cover a post graduate (masters) degree which will be added onto your previous loan but same'ish terms / conditions apply.
Also doesn't mention that right up until 1998, ALL UK University tuition was FREE. The Blair government brought in Tuition Fees, effectively ignoring the fact that the whole of the House of Commons was filled with people that had been to Uni for free
Tipping isn’t expected here. We tip if we have had good service-also Fish and chips is popular- here in the north (west Yorkshire) the quality is fantastic and sorry but every Friday is fish and chip Friday
Some of this is very odd to me, as a brit. Like I have spent some of my life living abroad, and in france kissing greetings are standard for women and stuff. But I have lived in UK most my life, in different parts - And I have never seen a UK greeting involve a cheek kiss, for any gender - literally never. Similarly with tips - I don't think i know of anyone who blankets 10%. Everyone normally judges it based on the actual service received(or partially on their finances) so anywhere from 0% to infinity. She is correct that you would not normally go out for a meal of fish and chips though - it's something you'd get if you are out and about and don't want to stop at a restaurant, such as a seaside visit or a travelling worker or something - or you would take it home, but i'd still say it's more common than chinese or indian in many case - just not when talking about a group meal out. And finally one clarification, TV licence. It's not the ownership of a TV that dictates it - it hasn't been so for a long time, it's just whether or not you watch live TV or the BBC at all(on a TV or any other device) - I only ever watch catch up or streaming and all my BBC shows I liked ended a couple of years ago - so I don't pay the licence, all above board. Anyway I'm nitpicking and it now sounds like I hated it all - I didn't, I enjoyed the video :).
To me it doesn't seem like the newer generation drink less,they just don't go out to drink as much due to it costing 2-4 x as much as the same would cost at home. (I'm not claiming everywhere overcharges,I know pubs have been struggling, but the cost difference is definitely a major factor )
The "Where's my thankyou??" thing when driving politely is absolutely a thing, to the point that I find myself inadvertently saying an ironic "You're welcome!" (quietly, of course, so they can't hear!) if I don't get one. It's so ingrained in me that I will even wave a thanks to drivers stopped at a pedestrian crossing red light when I myself am crossing on foot! Our plugs / sockets really are very well designed to be very safe, except when you accidentally step on one... LOL I do also recommend Tom Scott's video on this, or the similar on by Technology Connections (for the American perspective) Cycling on the pavement / sidewalk is becoming a huge problem here, because nobody seems to give a sh*t any more that it's actually illegal, unless it's a dedicated "shared space".
She does talk some crap. She is presenting a ver London centric view of things. I rarely see or do kissing as a greeting. Beer is NOT served warm, it is served at cellar temperature, cool but not chilled. Dinner is an evening meal in the south of the country but at mid day in the north. There, the evening meal is called Tea, and can be served any time between 5-7pm depending upon your domestic needs or pressures.
I had a TV for years without paying my licence, I just had to declare that I wasnt watching regular tv on it. So I could use it for computer games and DVDs etc if I wanted to. But I wasn't even using it at all and just threw it in the skip one day.
Many Charity (Thrift) Shops in the UK don't take electrical goods because they have to be safety checked and labelled by a qualified tester. Those that do wouldn't want a 'years old' TV because they'll have plenty of newer models. _Very_ few people in the UK are too poor to afford even a second-hand TV: the annual Licence fee would be a bigger factor.@@AlwaysRightAllNight
Who has carpet in their bathroom in 2023? Admittedly it was a thing but not in the last 40 years. A Sunday day roast is like a less elaborate Christmas dinner, normally enjoyed autumn through to spring. And to end the argument, I cook the best Sunday roast 😉
@@LauraNixon1I bought my newly converted/refurbished flat in 1984: the bathroom was a new bathroom and it was newly carpeted as were bathrooms in the other flats in the block. My kitchen also came carpeted! In the 1970s and 1980s, we had something called "carpet protector": wide strips of clear, ridged plastic you put over your carpet. It was utterly ridiculous: what's the point of having a carpet? Bathrooms also had other horrors such as coloured baths and other sanitary fittings: avocado was very popular.
@@MrBulky992 oh, the delights of the early 80's bathroom - avocado or peach, and only the dull replaced with white! I remember my nan having a 1950's or 60's pink and black bath - I'm sure it was terribly fashionable at the time, and actually rather cool and groovy when I look back! But, yes, now that you mention it, I think the 70s and 80s had a flirt with carpeting bathrooms.
A ‘roast’ is usually the name of the meal as all the ingredients are roasted. It includes a roasted meat (usually beef, lamb, chicken or pork) and a mix of vegetables, the roast potatoes being the best thing about the meal - yummy 😊
To me it was breakfast, lunch and dinner. Supper was like the late bedtime snack you might have after being out somewhere. Curiously lunch at school (Lunchtime break) was when you had 'school dinners. My Grandma used to give us 'high tea' when we're kids - now that sounds antiquated!
It still is breakfast, dinner, tea. Lunch might be used sometimes, but everyone still understands dinner to be the same thing as lunch and would never use it for the early evening meal that you eat at teatime.
No, we don't tip, you're quite correct. I think this woman probably goes to high class restaurants, and as I can cook myself, I don't waste money in going to such places. There's definitely no tipping in the places me and my friends go to, and we don't eat fast food.
27:15 Indian food is not healthy mate, lol. It's made with loads of gee (reduced butter). My father is a GP and he always extra vigilant checking Indian patients out for heart and cholesterol related issues.
@@robcrossgrove7927it’s my favourite Indian meal because I can’t take anything too spicy and sadly it’s getting worse the older I get - but then everything’s getting worse the older I get 😢
No carpets in bathrooms for like- 70 years bro.. XD A "Sunday Roast" Is a cooked Leg of Lamb, roast potatoes, cooked veggies and other such stuff, sometimes other meats may be added to the side, like sausage meat, or a Yorkshire pudding! They're very yummy, and very filling.
Lucy does not represent the British. If you did a kiss on the face as a greeting in my home town, you'd get twatted. She's middle class, which doesn't mean the same as it does in the US. What you think is middle class is what we call working class
Fact #2 is 100% false. You can cancel your TV licence at any time and even get a refund if you dont watch the BBC. We cancelled our licence seven years ago. Also we dont tip in most of the UK because we have minimum wage rules which means resteraunt workers dont rely on tips like they do in the USA because the employer has to pay them minimum wage, by law.
Or you can even turn on the hot tap, the water comes out cool and gradually heats up so while you wash your hands under the hot tap that water will only be really hot by the time you’re rinsing the soap off for the last time - no problem.
Sunday roast consists of a roasted meat of your choice along with roast potatoes (part boiled potatoes drained and then baked in lard/goose fat or oil in the oven yum) You serve it with an array of vegetables, stuffing (if chicken/turkey) Yorkshire puddings and gravy. It’s a bit like a thanksgiving meal
its not free as we English in us in the north PAY foir your free ride in scotland-whilst you scottish dont even pay your way- your debt alone cripples you. I say we should give you independence as Scotland is a milstone around everyone elses neck
@@theSFCchannel Is it painful? Being that stupid. Does it hurt? Scotland's oil has been subsidising the UK economy for years. Give us all the oil money back that the UK has frittered away and *then* tell us how the UK's wrecked economy is somehow our fault. You're an embarrassment.
I have seen this before because I've been here for a decade...its great but what she means is 50 weird facts about London. 1. Tea is great 2. BBC fee is mandatory in the UK. Unless you do not watch live TV. 3. Queues are queues, no-one likes them but everything is solved quickly if we wait in turn. 4. Manners are a huge difference between US and UK kids in particular. 5. Friends hug in the UK I don't know what she is on about. 6. My favourite...the Brits love the 2 weeks of summer! :D (the average temp in the UK is 9 degrees Celsius...48 degrees in American lol) 7. Clueless woman. 8. Manners. Respect. Etc... 9. British humour is very 'bracing' when you first get here...for example, I was called an american cunt 4 times within 2 weeks of moving here by people who are now my best friends...I thought they hated me at the time. 10. This is true.
I love watching your reactions, you seem to be really interested so you should be aware that... The BBC (which is Government run) has 4 tv channels, 6 national and quite a few regional radio channels and some cable channels to and is £13.25 a month. There was talk of the licence going and being replace with pay-per-view type thing but it never happened. Chicken Tikka Masala as you say is UK invented dish. I like cats or infact most animals better than people. In every video she does she portrays us as heavy drinkers. Mainly I think those who drink do it at weekends as a social thing. Most of the people I know dont drink that much at all. The people that can afford to go abroad on holiday (Turkey, Spain, Greece, etc.. The weather here is temperate, not too hot not too cold for most of the year and it rains more than average. Scotland and the north of England usually get snow in winter but down south it's not guaranteed, in Wales only for a few days if at all. She's terrified of wasps. I get wasps and Bees in the house in summer, I just open a window. Regarding carpet in the bathroom not a problem, it's colder here an Ametica, no never had a toilet overflow. Stair carpet is not hard to clean. I walk on the left, always have since school days. I think walking on the right seems to be a thing that immigrants have introduced, don't consider it a problem I go with the flow 🙂. The UK is vastly diverse because of it's people and terrain. Our supermarkets are very big but yours are bigger. I live in Wales, glad I dont live where she does. I work in a supermarket and everyone I know and work with are friendly. I chat to neighbours and the people on the bus when I go home. Wouldn't read the Daily Mail if you paid me. Get most of my news on line. We only tip in certain places, posh restaurants maybe, taxis, the hairdresser. Restaurant staff use to be tipped because they didn't earn as much but it's not the case now. Roast dinner can be, a joint of beef, pork, lamb or a chicken with vegetables like, peas, carrots, swede, parsnips, sprouts or cabbage. potatoes, (whole roasted or mashed) with stuffing, gravy and yorkshire puddings. I think you call yorkshire puddings popovers. There are a lot of people like Lucy using their experiences of living in certain parts of the country to advise people such as yourself. While it's not totally wrong it can be coloured by their upbring and where they live so I would say watch a few and draw your own conclusions or ask questions, most of us would be glad to help if any of it is confusing.
Queue jumping makes me really angry and I always challenge it. I say there's the queue and then there's anarchy, queue, anarchy. I'm amazed I've not been decked yet, although I probably look pretty psycho, so maybe not so surprising. If they position themselves in front of someone who is in front of me and that person doesn't complain, I'll walk in front of them and the queue jumper and won't move. Well someone has to defend civilization. I'm not a millennial but I rarely drink. A wasp stung me whilst I was sleeping, nearly had a heart attack, you can bet I killed the bugger. Bees good, Wasps bad. I got my stairs carpeted for the first time in my life early this year, I'm loving it. No carpet in the bathroom, it's unsanitary. My mum was cooking Sunday dinner into her 80's, she always over cooked the veg, but it was a family bonding event and chance to catch up. Pub lunch is nice, especially with a carvery. British plugs should be adopted world wide, it's designed to prevent kids or idiots from killing themselves. Tipping is a weird one, I wasn't even aware of it till I went to France with friends on holiday in the 90's. The worker in question nearly cried when we tipped her, probably gave more than 20%. I felt sorry for her and now if we go to a posh restaurant I usually tip in cash, but I really feel the employer should be giving them a living wage. It's a bit of a con.
38: Using the Car Horn is not just frowned upon, it is part of the rules of the road you should have learned when you were taught to drive. Excessive bad use can also get you stopped by the Police. The Rule is that "car horns should only be used to warn other road users of imminent danger and ONLY when a car is in motion". Not sure if it is still true, but it used to be that it could only be used up to 10PM in the evening. After that time you would be committing an Offense of "Nuisance"
I've known car drivers give a quick toot and wave to a pedestrian friend or relative. Bus drivers too sometimes. or sometimes if someone is a bit far from the bus stop and running like the clappers, the driver will toot them and stop for them, or indicate that he/she will wait at the bus stop for them.
It's well known that young English, (I don't know about the rest of Britain), people like to go out pubbing and clubbing wearing next to nothing, even when there's snow on the ground. Have seen the on TV and in the papers. Some of the girls don't even wear a vest or petticoat!
Some fairly basic 'observations' here (and a few actual facts) but overall well done. Can tell her age, social class and region through some of them, they can be different across generations and regions of the UK. For example, we love a good curry, but I have my fish and chips for lunch regularly when shopping in Eastbourne and the chippy is always packed with people. Coastal regions tend to have better fish and chips. I have lived inland (Oxford) and the coast of both England and Scotland, and there's no comparison. Everything tastes better by the sea. We usually tip the waiter if the service is good, but staff get a decent living wage so it's not required. I have also asked to have the service charge removed from a receipt once. Nope.You have to deserve it and it has to go to the person who served our table. But leaving without tipping isn't an issue here in the UK because their salary doesn't depend on it.
Hi, I’m British, I’m 41. This young lady is talking out her backside. Why is some RP speaking posho speaking for the whole of Britain? I feel like she’s pandering to the British stereotype of Britain rather than what it’s actually like. Quite frustrating. A “Sunday roast” is a southern title. We call it “Sunday dinner” up north
With regards to the BBC and owning a televsion, because of the growth of streaming, this is no longer really aplicable and less and less people pay for a TV licence. You only need to pay for a TV licence if you watch A) Live or On-Demand TV or B) Any BBC related programming including BBC iPlayer. But for example, if you have a TV, and only watch netflix/disney+/amazon prime etc. then no, you don't need to pay for a licence. In terms of the Celcius Vs Farenheit thing - hot weather in Britain is awful, it's extremely extremely humid, a total lack of moisture and/or wind, so when we say it's 19c and it's hot, that's because 19c feels like 29c.
Can I just comment on something that happened in Britain that I think goes unsaid!! There was a lot of firearms in public life! Especially after the Great;(terrible) war!! It was your right to keep a gun. After World War II along with creating the NHS, welfare state, nationalisation of essential services we voted to give up our guns. The laws that say guns are good were written for a different time, when personal safety, feeding yourself & militia’s were a necessity. We volunteered our guns away. You can do it too !!
Sunny days: we do don shorts, short sleeves and other cooling clothing but Brits are used to going on holiday to sunnier climates and therefore understand the need to take preventative measures. Those who get sunburnt have usually dozed off in the garden before the sun was too hot and then caught the brunt of it later. If they get burnt, they are very silly billies in deed.
Lots of generalisations and mistakes i wish these people would caveat the videos with it being their perspective. She obviously has a problem with the North and maybe a bit of a snob, a number of cities had below 50% white British population before 2011. Bathroom carpet was a very old tradition. This person has never heard of a sink plug which allows you to mix the tap water.
Brits drinking less, I'm not sure about that. I would say people drink a lot more at home, because its cheaper to buy it at a supermarket than go to a pub.
Fish and chips - if you're at the coast, especially if you're near a fishing port, nothing comes anywhere near a well prepared local fish dish, and some places are nationally famous. I dont think this woman has much experience with food, and it seems she can't cook.!
I agree with much of Lucy's take on our way of life. To be honest, you're not going to be in agreement with everyone when you talk from yr own perspective. (I add that comment after reading some of the comments here).
Winter is dark but on the winter solstice, sunrise is approx 08:00 and sunset is approx 15:50. I think Lucy might need to do a little more research before releasing videos, bless her.
I'm from the UK and hate the tanning stuff, I'm happy being pale lol. Actually the royal thing she said is wrong, they do bring in more revenue the they spend in tourism especially from Americans lol. Also she wrong sith teh dinner times too, is different for everyone, and some parts will have the order of breakfast, dinner tea(not the drink) and sometimes a light supper. In my part of the uk Wales, it would be majority breakfast from 8am to 10am, then dinner(lunch) around 12pm to 1.30pm, then tea meal around between 6pm and 8pm, supper is about 10, but times can very here too. The carpet in the bathroom, thats mostly elderly and cause its gets cold, but i agree its not hygienic, in my home we've always had lino (linoleum full name). Actually tipping isnt a requirement it is up to you, but when we do it's usually between 10 to 15 % but depends on where you live of course, but you don't have to tip at all. A roast usually means the whole meal, could be any meat you like tho, in my house growing up it was always my dad who would cook the sunday roast, but my mum dished out the food for everyone on their plates tho. 🏴
A roast doesn't have to be a large piece of meat. I live by myself and will roast A chicken leg quarter, or duck. And I might boil a bacon joint, but cook roast potatoes with it.
yes there fewer younger drinkers they have replaced it with drugs because when i was in my teens i could have a night out 7 pints and a meal for £5 now it more like £50-£70
I'm 49 and born and raised in UK and one never had carpet in bathrooms and put a plug in the sink I do think she has been brought up in some kind of bubble and never worn leggings and my kids stayed at home till they found their own place didn't expect them to move out at 18 and she must be super sensitive if a car horn upset her day 😂maybe had one or two ready meals in my life as I cook from scratch far better and cheaper it's not common to tip only if you want to and have a chippy tea at least once a week she just might not like fish and chips 😂
😮😣 Oh no... Not Lucy !! Her videos drive me "CrAzY" 😖☹️ The Licence fee is about £145 or £150 (I pay mine at about £6 per fortnight) We are polite, yes but not as much as the Canadians are. I do not kiss people in greeting and I know nobody who does. (Hugs are okay) When it's hot, it's very HOT (30 - 35 /40 c) 'Tutting' is a thing in a queue but it's just 'passive/aggressive' rather than plain 'angry'. Oh dear... I am a cat & horses person. Dogs are okay but not my 'preferred' pet. .+sadly I have no pets now as was forced to give up my cats by my Housing Association. (H.A) 😢 We are (as a nation) 'at odds' with each other re the RF (Royal Family) Three meals per day is not necessarily 'a thing' for all of us. Breakfast - not for me, I just like lunch & dinner. Winters are dark. And cold. And damp. But not always snowy. The plugs thing is true. Watch Tom Scott - he's really good. We do not have carpet in our bathroom. We have no carpet in our flat at all. We have (my daughter & I) have a mixer tap in our kitchen...but we have 2 taps in our bathroom - but we do not have a bath, just a 'loo', a washbasin, and an electric shower (with a fold-down chair with arms, & wall rails, as I am disabled) we (my *daughter & I*) do not read the newspapers. We get our news online (but not from The Mail). We don't tip, unless to a helpful cabbie for example. We (*) do _not_ eat a regular Sunday Roast. We do _not_ all indulge in regular 'pub / clubs' drinking. (Lucy is beginning to sound a bit like a 'lush' !!) Anglohenia (Lucy & co) are _not_ the best representatives of the general British populace. (Nor are 'Joel & Lia' - 'Those Two English' guys... 😕 ... ❤️🖖 I think I've said enough really.
I also don't have carpet in my flat. Live by myself and never been able to afford it. I have breakfast, (usually just a bowel of cereal and a mug of tea), and I have tea, approx 7pm. Don't do lunch. It's not necessary.
I'm from the age where everything was delivered to your door.. Milk coal.. Mineral waters (the pop man) etc but I thought that was a thing of the past.. Except newspapers.. I didn't know people still had milk delivered to their doors.. I live in Wolverhampton in the west Midlands of the UK and I've not seen milk delivery's for about 30 years or so
It’s made a comeback pretty big time in lots of areas. In my village the dairy closed and for about a decade we had no such thing then randomly it started back up again a few years ago, but from a large, faceless corporation based elsewhere.
I'm glad someone below explained how the Royal finances work. Many people from the US seem to think the Royals can just dip their hands into piles of money - like the old Scrooge McDuck cartoons of yesteryear 😂😂 I've never in my life seen a carpeted bathroom. Surely the toilet wasn't though? (Though I did use to visit an elderly woman in South Africa who had crotched covers - not just over the spare loo roll, but covering the damn seats!) No, I didn't agree with all this person said - we never have dinner before 8.30 - 9.00 for example. And in summer when the sun doesn't go down 'til around 10, we wait till after dark to eat.. But she does represent a significant portion of the public. Whether one agrees with, or even likes, this particular portion or not, they do represent part of the UK. While those in Council accommodation & on Benefits make up yet another demographic.🤭 So none of these sectors can be said to represent England. England is bound up still in the ghosts of the Danelaw of 1,500 years ago. The differences between the North & South have been around a long time & visitors don't really understand which bits are the "Real" or "typical" English person. 🤔 When of course we all are.😁
I always try to have my dinner/tea at around 7pm. When I lived at home with my parents, we used to eat somewhere between 5 and 6 in the evening. But I did know other people who ate much later.
Carpeted kitchens and bathrooms have been a thing since the 1960s when the fashion for fitted, wall-to-wall carpetting was in full swing. Before that, most people had lino covered with rugs. My new flat came with a bathroom and kitchen fully carpetted in the early 1980s. The carpet is protected from loo splashes etc. by means of a plastic or rubber horseshoe-shaped mat which goes around the bottom of the loo pan. I got rid of the carpeting at the earliest opportunity and replaced it with tiling.
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It seems all her 50 facts are based on her own life and not that of the UK, and should be taken with a pinch of salt.
She is so full of Bull you would need more than a pinch , it’s not the BBC, that demands a fee, it is the U k government, that makes the bbc act as the collector, of this tax, I would pay twice the licence cost, as the bbc is more than value for the cost
Just came to the comments to say the same thing.
@@Mike-xh7wbYou’ve got to be joking about the BBC! They are completely biased and left wing; they’re a disgrace. Do not pay TV licence! They were a disgrace over Brexit and Covid and now over Israel!
I guess if she told it how it is it wouldn't pull in the views. Definitely not how we are in reality.
I came to the comments as I don't agree with everything. Only when using the London Underground have I seen people running up the escalators, we don't have to stay to the right and we don't run up them in general. Also not everyone rushes to the pub garden on sunny days. It is true about the dark mornings and dark very early in winter. Also you only pay back your student loans once you are earning over a certain amount per year.
50 'FACTS' about British life is purely from her own perspective and should be taken with a 'pinch of salt'! A lot of it is VERY dependent upon the area of the UK, standard of living and many other factors. I actually agree with Lucy on the majority of things mentioned but disagree on others.
We have lots of hot sunny weather ! Also we do not believe 19 degrees to be hot!
It is very common in the summer to reach 28 and 30 degrees !Why
do they do this, Do they live in deep damp caves somewhere !
@@marycarver1542 Maybe she is always indoors, behind a camera making videos, and never gets outside into the sunshine?
@@marycarver1542Compared to the US, that's still not hot
We do get hotter temperatures but remember in the US houses are often made of wood and almost everywhere has AC, in Britain houses tend to be stone or brick, designed to keep heat in and rarely fitted with AC. So I would much rather suffer not weather living in the U.S. Than I would in Britain.
@stewedfishproudctions7959, I agree with you, she really rankles me.
Thanks Lucy for telling us about yourself and your life, which most of is not like the rest of us.
This woman has a very London-Centric view on things.
The rest of the country wouldn’t necessarily align with her point of view.
Her view comes from some sort of Mary Poppins/101 Dalmations uppers class London, American centric view of Britain.
I think Some English folk forget that Wales, Scotland and NI tend to do things differently. University in Scotland is free for Scottish residents. International and other UK students do have to pay.
Tikka Masala was invented in Scotland and even though we are in the UK, Sunday Roast isn't our national dish.
Lucy sucks!
Lucy is a time traveller from some point in the last 50 years, Like Lawrence from ‘Lost in the Pond.’ Can’t watch her. Love your channel and will pick up on the next one. Peace, my good man.
When you say time traveler, is she also from another dimension, slightly modelled upon our own?
I feel so confused!
@@LauraNixon1 Don’t be confused, Laura. Confusion is a waste of our time, of which we have precious little.
To answer your question…. Hang on, you did use a question mark…. So you did. Well done. Grammar and punctuation is beautiful, precious and much disregarded these days.
Lucy, now this is only my opinion, harks back to slightly pre gen z era. Millennial? Extremely Londoncentric and projecting that to anyone outside the country as the English ‘default’. Her presentation reminds me of the 50s jolly English person, which existed in my youth, cos I’m 70, but seems to only serve well as a phishing exercise for TH-cam clicks. I, myself, have modest channel with a few subs. But I have uploaded long enough to know the game. Have a great weekend.
Ooh, do I get brownie points for appropriate and regular use of semi-colons?
I'm very partial to punctuation.
Well done for correcting her on the Chicken Tikka masala. Shows you remember stuff and I'm very surprised she got that wrong.
LOL Yeah, watching these videos has started to make things click in my brain.
I think she said Indian because it was created by British cooks of South Indian origin. Hence 'Indian' dish. Tikka dishes were named that in the Mughal era although they can be traced back to Babylonian times. Indian.
@@nedrasellayah9314 yea that could make sense
Yeah I'm English and while I was on Amsterdam I fancied a curry so I went into an Indian restaurant and asked for a chicken balti... The waiter looked at me like I was talking a different language.. I presumed balti was a traditional Indian thing but no it originates from. Birmingham quite close to my home town Wolverhampton and I truly did not know
The light does NOT go down at 3pm. That is an exaggeration.
She's wrong when she says that the weather is not guaranteed in the UK.
I can guarantee that we have weather every day in the UK. 😉
😂😂😂
served with American troops who were jealous of the British way of life especially our NHs and Educational System
I get the feeling that Lucy hasn't travelled around the UK as much as she has abroard. She doesn't really know what happens in her own country!
Use a spellchecker
@user-qj7et4wv3q why? Can't see any spelling or grammatical errors. Maybe your grasp of the English language isn't as good as you think!
@@petethefungi the correction is abroad not abroard
@user-qj7et4wv3q well spotted. Do you have any friends, or do you spend your time being a petty little troll!
Americans can pronounce New Hampshire correctly but for anything else they pronounce the shire as if its Lord of the rings.
😂
@@JJLAReacts can you do a vid on how worcestershire sauce is made.
It makes no sense but we all call it wus-ter sause.
@@JJLAReactsyou need to watch a video on the various British accents. Good luck!!
From an American in me family.. they like to mispronounce.. because they lazy and Alm to annoy.. ( his words🤣) eg :n Iraq and iran..drives me nuts! And thanks to them .. our Brit kids say Anna wrong from frozen..watching trump butcher everyone’s country/names etc.. proved it too! It doesn’t matter how many times you correct them on English.. they refuse., and as for American English.. bollocks! Ya American n ya speak American!!
Tipping is not expected in the UK. We will often add a tip or put some coins in a tip jar, but no one is going to chase after you if you dont tip
Must be nice! Our servers make next to nothing other than the tips (in most states) and it feels wrong.
@@JJLAReacts 'cos it is wrong. Employers should be made to pay a living wage!
@@JJLAReacts It is actually added sometimes to reciept but it's not a regular thing but we do sometimes have to pay tips but not most times.
Yeap I rarely if ever tip plus there is a minimum wage in this country so waiters are not as disadvantaged as those in the US. If we do tip it is generally just in restaurants and no where else
Tipping is simply an acknowledgment of a service given, whether it be good, bad or indifferent, obviously the better the service the bigger the tip. It's all part of the occasion of going out to eat. @@Mugtree
32: Has she never heard of sink plugs? What does she think they are for. You mix the hot and cold water in the sink with the plug in to get the temperature you want. After washing you "pull the plug" emptying the sink. Simples. It annoys me when people (mostly visitors) complain about separate taps in the UK just because they do not know how to wash in a sink properly. Also the separate Hot Water Tank (now abolished in new builds) did allow particles from the pipes to get into the water, not only that, but also germs. We were always taught to NEVER drink water from the Hot Tap. Don't forget also, that pretty much up until the 1950's internal water pipes in the houses could be made of lead. Nowadays they will be copper or plastic mostly
why are you washing in a sink ?
@@JoeWilson738because not everyone has a dishwasher. Either because of a lack of space or because they are trying to be green.
What else do you waah your fae and hands in?@@JoeWilson738
@@JoeWilson738You've never washed your face at a sink?
No 26 - British draught beer IS NOT served at 'room temperature' nor is it warm. Room temperature beer would be returned to any bar with demands for a refund, since room temperature is 20-22 degrees C (68-72 degrees F) which is ridiculously warm!
Draught beer in the UK is served at 'cellar temperature' which is designed to be 3-8 degrees C (36-47 degrees F) which is cool. This is the ideal temperature to bring out the flavour of the ale. The exception to this is Lager which is invariably served chilled, and this is seen as fine, since Lager has no particular flavour and is just used to cool down teenagers who have outgrown Coca Cola, and whose tastes haven't progressed or matured sufficiently to appreciate proper beer!
Brilliant comment 😂
38 years old and lived in the UK my whole life and sadly would disagree with about two thirds of what she is saying!
I'm 41 and completely agree with you
It is not normal to kiss someone on the cheek in the UK. It is only with pretentious people from London.
Who are mostly from somewhere else - even the English 'Londoners'.
Have to butt in here the amount of people who go to the pub after work are in the minority not the majority I don't know why they say it's British culture to go to the pub straight after work because it's not maybe in the largest cities London Birmingham ect but not all of us do this xx
It's an older custom from small villages, especially the mining villages. I agree it's not seen barely at all these days
30 years ago when we had money.
@@marktyler3381 amd when a pint didn't charge more than your evening meal for a family
@@helensmusings And preloading has become massive.
I think that the loss of so many pubs recently (after the Great Madness) is part testament to the fact that a lot people are not doing it anymore. There are still many pubs for which that is their core customer though.
I think the thing that you can accurately learn from the comments here is that the UK is incredibly diverse, and no individual's take on our 'societal norms' is going to represent everyone in the country. As mentioned in another video, you can travel a comparatively short distance in the UK and find a completely different accent - along with different traditions, and ways of life. I have never lived in London, but I grew up in a semi-rural area, and have lived in both large and medium-sized cities in both the north and the south; I am now semi-rural again, and I have found that the biggest differences between all of these areas and the communities within them can mainly be found in the small - and ultimately inconsequential - details; the constant, however, is that people in the UK are - on the whole - pretty decent, friendly, and willing to assist people in need. Love the channel, by the way!
Same in America
She speaks for like 5% of the population 😂
No. More like 50%
@dageezerboi I highly doubt this lol
@Getoffmytrain_97268 I'd say even less 5%
That woman got so much wrong about the UK. 🇬🇧❤🇺🇸
😂 She's trying
Feels like it would have been more broadly accurate maybe 15-20 years ago
@@JJLAReacts
Lucy is extremely 'trying' (on the nerves!)
Yeah, like kissing and shaking hands. Do women still kiss each other? I've often been out and about with my sister, (she's 66 and I'm 59), and she's never, ever kissed any of her mates on the cheek if we bump into them. Can't say if she meets someone when it's planned, but I don't think so. And I've never shaken a mate by the hand, or hugged them.
@@robcrossgrove7927 Business people shake hands but never friends. A hug sometimes when not seen someone for a while or had bad news. Latest for guys especially & the covid thing, putting fists together now seems common.
On the subject of giving up your seat on the bus, I recommend Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, "Dwarf on a Bus". Also, she's obviously done no research of Royal finances, all profits from Royal Estates are paid direct to the treasury, and a portion of that money is returned to the crown for running costs, that's without taking into account the millions that tourism contributes.
Quite a number of young people and less well-informed people seem to dislike the 'cost' of the monarchy through simple ignorance. It's annoying but hopefully someone will correct them one day.
I understand from other countries that tourism can exist, even thrive without a monarchy.
@@etherealbolweevil6268 I'm not disputing that, I'm typing about the thousands upon thousands of tourists who come specifically to see royal palaces, castles, weddings, funerals and other ceremonies
They could always have a monarchy in their own country. @@nicksykes4575
Not to mention that The Queen, and now Charles pay taxes.
I’m British and I have never kissed any male that I know on the cheek and I have never seen any other men do it either.
It's probably because I am old & disabled but though I've lived in S E London most of my life, I've not lived as Lucy states regarding societal habits / behaviours. I think that's because Lucy is 'posh' and I'm not, I'm just a "common or garden poor pensioner church mouse' - who is definitely _not_ a "god-botherer" !! ❤️🖖
Try it in the North of England you would get a smack in the mouth
Except our footballers do it all the time!
English with Lucy is a fun channel but her take on all this is highly subjective.
Definitely not to be taken seriously !
@smurf7674:::: is highly subjective, Woke for total Bullshit ?
@@Mike-xh7wb No you muppet it means that what she said is only relevant to her experience, opinion, interpretation, feelings, etc.
@@-rya1146 gosh ! I had no idea, how remit of me, I wish I had your in-depth philosophical understanding, I bet your mummy is elated, with your incredible talent
@@Mike-xh7wbOh look its a GB news viewer, who can't use critical thinking. So blurted out a buzz word thinking he was a Greek philosopher.
Many will not be able to relate directly with Lucy as she is definitely a "middle class" lass, from somewhere around the "Home Counties"? Probably?
Extremely similar to Sweden.
We have darker and colder winters, and we don't kiss people on the cheek, but all in all pretty much the same.
Sunday Roast (Söndagsstek in Swedish) is a relatively large chunk of meat roasted in the oven (I usually cook it in a Dutch oven on the stove top though).
Fun fact, English - Swedish:
Steak - Biff
Beef - Nötkött
Roast - Stek
Love our Swedish brothers and sisters in IKEA ❤️
Don't understand why she says she'd have to choose between boiling hot water or cold water to wash. Plugs exist.
Also.. if the water is too hot for your hands to bear, you've got your water heater thermostat set to the wrong temperature! They are adjustable!
@@Gillie51-bl8su right,lol, turn it down, no mixer taps needed! Two taps are more esthetic too i think.
@@pem... Now we Brits are a tolerant lot but I, simply, must draw the line at your spelling of "aesthetic",, Standards,Please !
@@Isleofskye autocorrect wasn't helping me out 😅 i knew it was wrong, tried writing it a couple of times but it allowed it as correct! Now i see your spelling it's obvious 😂 ✌🏻
@@pem... Hi Pem. Thanks for your reply but it will be hilarious if you are a Female,as I shall explain if you confirm that or otherwise :)
I think kissing on the cheek is much more common if you are (a) female (b) posh, or like Lucy (c) female and posh.
And 2 men will not be kissing each other on the cheek even if they are posh.
Also, additionally, I would question Lucy’s comment about people eating huge breakfasts in the U.K. A big breakfast consisting of eggs, bacon, sausages etc., is usually only something people eat on weekends and special occasions, most people don’t have time for this. It’s far more common for people to eat cereal or toast for breakfast.
Cellar temperature is for ale and never room temperature, that's just stupid and badly informed!
Overflow is not something our toilets generally suffer from? Our plumbing is pretty good and we don't require an ocean of water in our toilets. Europe is the same, as usual, the US is just different to everywere else?
The reason why we can't stand the heat is because of the humidity. We have higher humidity than continental europe plus no Air conditioning + Brick houses = torture🤣
We don't kiss on the cheek! I don't know anyone that does this, its weird and strange and i would question anyone who does it to me
Okay, good! 😂
Thank you!
@@avonsam86 yes, a weird middle class thing!
@@meridianx9020 I'm reasonably close to my sister, but even we don't kiss on the cheek, or anywhere for that matter. I'm 59 and my sister is 66 and I don't think we've ever kissed or hugged.
I miss all my friends on the cheek when we meet up. But I live in London
You can't compare temperatures as 19c in reality feels much hotter because of the climate. Its sweltering compared to a standard 19c in california for example.
It’s the humidity that’s the issue, not the heat.
Pushing in queues does happen, it's just accompanied with lots of tutting, eye rolls between other people and dirty looks. Occasionally, people might call out "pushers in" but I've not seen it done often.
Nearly all Men I have known in my 69 years in and around London will soon tell queue jumpers to xxxx right off ! lol
If someone is queue jumping in front of me, you can bet your life I'm saying something.
I really feel like that a lot of these are self projections of what she does rather than facts about people from the uk 😂
''what if the toilet overflows?''....why would the toilet over flow lol
My thoughts exactly. Except that in the US, I think they have a lot more water in their toilets. So much so that it seems it's not *that* far from the top. Well endowed gentlemen sometimes complain of getting a wet nut sack!
If you don't have carpet on the stairs, then the noise for your neighbours is horrific, especially in a terraced houses.
And dangerous!
Fish and chips is surprisingly healthy. It has less carbs, salt, and fat than a pizza. Add a slice of lemon and it gives you all your daily vitamins.
My wife and I have fish and chips every two or three weeks and there is always a queue at the shop.
It was first founded in 1860 by a Jewish immigrant from Eastern Europe!
@@daisyrobinson4326 many Chippies in the midlands are owned and run by Greek Cypriots. Many were my clients. I was a signwriter.
Fish and chips is not healthy... chips are really bad for the human body as most of the time they are cooked in oli
We use 2 taps as we fill the sink with water and use it with a flannel or sponge to wash, it also stops wasting lots of water. Also, plenty of people holiday in the uk, I don't think you can be guaranteed great weather and no rain anywhere!
We’ve been on holiday to the south of France and the Dominican Republic where it rained half the holiday, it happens.
You'll be hated if you queue jump....just Google Phil and Holly queue jump 2:32 lying in state ( these were two daily morning tv presenters) got so hated for by the public afterwards
You don't need a TV licence for ownership of a TV, this is a misconception that many people have. You only need one for live broadcasted TV, this also includes +1 TV channels (channels that are an hour behind).
You don't need a TV licence if you're watching on demand TV like ITVX or Channel 4/4OD. But you still can't watch the live feed on these, it has to be the catch-up ones (single episodes that have already aired, and you have to look for). Also only the BBC doesn't show commercials, but it will show adverts for different programs on the BBC. All the other channels will show both types. The BBC only really gets the money from this, no other channels get a cut. They have to rely on the commercials they air.
The kiss on the cheek? She must be on about lasses, no self respecting lad/man/bloke would do that. Maybe the posh soft ones in that London, down south. Normally shaking their hand, shaking their hand whilst giving them a pat on the back/hug, or just a hug followed by a pat on the back.
The giving up your seat is for the elderly or a disabled person, and pregnant women.
Yep, the pub and beer gardens are similar. The thing is, some of ours also have playgrounds attached.
There has been many official studies done by third parties to actually find out that the Royal Family brings in a shed load of money, through tourism, charitable donations and charities in general. More than they spend.
In quite alot of the UK it goes breakfast, dinner and then tea. Not tea as in the drink, but it does play a part in the history.
If someone asks if you're alright? 'Not bad, yourself' is one answer aswell.
The standing on the right on an escalator is also sensible, most people's dominant hand is their right (to hold the rail).
The Church numbers started to go down roughly around the 50s, you don't need to be a historian to know what happened just before then.
The hot water thing, you should just not put the tap on fast flow. Most Brit should have mastered this when a child, this kinda goes out of the window if someone has got it hot just before you. Then you just do the same, but with the cold.
Cyclists don't pay road tax, and they also think they can go through red lights (the list goes on, not including the stuff they wear).
Up North is abit different, we will try to get to know the people around us. Even if it's just a hello or short chat now and again. I'm not saying all area's are like this, but most look after each other. Admittedly if you're in the city centre (shopping etc), you keep your guard up abit.
Fish 'n' Chip shops started to change their oil alot more often because of regulations. The only problem is, they didn't taste as nice. Also, if you go to a Chippy you have to ask for scraps. Scraps are the bits of fried batter that has fallen of the fish and sausages. You kinda have to time it right to get a decent amount. They should be free, but some numpties try charging you.
What she has said is very London centric mainly, but she brought up some decent points though.
Tom Scott does have decent channel, you should look it up (if you haven't already).
Strange. In the Victorian era. People with a tan was considered poor and it was undesirable.
Fast forward 150 years..
If you have a tan. You must be able to go on holiday/vacation.
Therefore you must be rich or doing well 😂
I've noticed a lot of women, especially young women like getting a sun bed or spray tan. They also seem to like to put their make up on with a trowel and have eyelashes like spiders on hormones that work out. Personally I would much rather see a woman without much make up. See their natural beauty rather than a mannequin.
@@robcrossgrove7927 That explains alot then, I never tan, even when I was younger, my dad is the same and his parents were both pale, yet my husband's side he and his parents and their parents are quite dark come summer, especially my mother in law, shes really dark-skinned. I must come from aristocracy!!
Ali Ahmed Aslam is said to have invented chicken tikka masala at his Glasgow (Scotland) restaurant in the 1970s. With its chunks of spiced chicken surrounded by a rich tomato and yogurt-based sauce, chicken tikka masala is one of the UK's most beloved dishes.
You don’t NEED a TV license , but you need one to be allowed to watch live broadcast TV.
We call it a beer garden too yes it's the same thing iv never actually heard it refered to as pub garden before it's always been a beer garden 😂
Came from Germany
Oh, that young woman. She's lovely but i don't agree with her about half the time. Kissing cheeks and shaking hands? No. - Only some people.
Good to know! I don't want lips on my face 😂
It is ILLEGAL to sound your horn at inappropriate times. Tne horn is there purely to alert other road users of your presence
Dont know or never met a single person that kisses hello and nobody says sorry for passing the salt or anything else. This girl is just talking about her self and her weird middle class friends I think lol
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The tv licencd fee is for WATCHING LIVE BROADCAST TV. You don't pay it for just having a tv, non-broadcast, non-tv, or non-live.
Read your licence it's for installing Receiving Equipment.
Daily Mail and Express right wing Newspapers
She is rather representing Southern English ways. Further north there is a tendency to call the evening meal 'high tea' or 'tea', whilst lunch is 'dinner'. Fish and chips are eaten a bit more in the North of England, or anywhere near the coast, because the quality of the fish is better.
Point 36 is missing some major points.
Scottish students studying in a Scottish university get free tuition.
The tuition fee is covered by a loan, the total of this does not really matter for most students because of the way repayments are made.
You do not pay a single penny back until you earn over a threshold amount which is equivalent of between approximately $26944 to $33853 depending on when you took out your loan and when you studied for your degree as there are currently 4 different thresholds for degrees.
The repayment you make is a % of the difference between what you have earned and the threshold, and as this is done either by your employer in your “pay cheque” or in your tax returns (most UK workforce doesn’t do tax returns). You barely notice the small amount you repay back towards your loan.
The loan does not count towards any credit score / mortgage.
The loan gets written off completely without any black mark against you after 30 years regardless of how much is still owed.
Also you can get a same type of loan to cover a post graduate (masters) degree which will be added onto your previous loan but same'ish terms / conditions apply.
Also doesn't mention that right up until 1998, ALL UK University tuition was FREE. The Blair government brought in Tuition Fees, effectively ignoring the fact that the whole of the House of Commons was filled with people that had been to Uni for free
Tipping isn’t expected here. We tip if we have had good service-also Fish and chips is popular- here in the north (west Yorkshire) the quality is fantastic and sorry but every Friday is fish and chip Friday
I remember the milkman coming around with fresh milk every morning as a child. I miss that (Bristol, England)
Some of this is very odd to me, as a brit.
Like I have spent some of my life living abroad, and in france kissing greetings are standard for women and stuff. But I have lived in UK most my life, in different parts - And I have never seen a UK greeting involve a cheek kiss, for any gender - literally never.
Similarly with tips - I don't think i know of anyone who blankets 10%. Everyone normally judges it based on the actual service received(or partially on their finances) so anywhere from 0% to infinity.
She is correct that you would not normally go out for a meal of fish and chips though - it's something you'd get if you are out and about and don't want to stop at a restaurant, such as a seaside visit or a travelling worker or something - or you would take it home, but i'd still say it's more common than chinese or indian in many case - just not when talking about a group meal out.
And finally one clarification, TV licence. It's not the ownership of a TV that dictates it - it hasn't been so for a long time, it's just whether or not you watch live TV or the BBC at all(on a TV or any other device) - I only ever watch catch up or streaming and all my BBC shows I liked ended a couple of years ago - so I don't pay the licence, all above board.
Anyway I'm nitpicking and it now sounds like I hated it all - I didn't, I enjoyed the video :).
To me it doesn't seem like the newer generation drink less,they just don't go out to drink as much due to it costing 2-4 x as much as the same would cost at home. (I'm not claiming everywhere overcharges,I know pubs have been struggling, but the cost difference is definitely a major factor )
Oh interesting! Yeah, that would do it 😂
My son and his mates used to get cheap booze at the supermarket, then down the pub later in the evenng.
The "Where's my thankyou??" thing when driving politely is absolutely a thing, to the point that I find myself inadvertently saying an ironic "You're welcome!" (quietly, of course, so they can't hear!) if I don't get one. It's so ingrained in me that I will even wave a thanks to drivers stopped at a pedestrian crossing red light when I myself am crossing on foot!
Our plugs / sockets really are very well designed to be very safe, except when you accidentally step on one... LOL I do also recommend Tom Scott's video on this, or the similar on by Technology Connections (for the American perspective)
Cycling on the pavement / sidewalk is becoming a huge problem here, because nobody seems to give a sh*t any more that it's actually illegal, unless it's a dedicated "shared space".
She does talk some crap. She is presenting a ver London centric view of things. I rarely see or do kissing as a greeting. Beer is NOT served warm, it is served at cellar temperature, cool but not chilled. Dinner is an evening meal in the south of the country but at mid day in the north. There, the evening meal is called Tea, and can be served any time between 5-7pm depending upon your domestic needs or pressures.
I had a TV for years without paying my licence, I just had to declare that I wasnt watching regular tv on it. So I could use it for computer games and DVDs etc if I wanted to. But I wasn't even using it at all and just threw it in the skip one day.
could've donated it?
Many Charity (Thrift) Shops in the UK don't take electrical goods because they have to be safety checked and labelled by a qualified tester. Those that do wouldn't want a 'years old' TV because they'll have plenty of newer models. _Very_ few people in the UK are too poor to afford even a second-hand TV: the annual Licence fee would be a bigger factor.@@AlwaysRightAllNight
That's changed
Who has carpet in their bathroom in 2023? Admittedly it was a thing but not in the last 40 years.
A Sunday day roast is like a less elaborate Christmas dinner, normally enjoyed autumn through to spring. And to end the argument, I cook the best Sunday roast 😉
I know, right! Where are all these people with carpeted bathrooms?
@@LauraNixon1I bought my newly converted/refurbished flat in 1984: the bathroom was a new bathroom and it was newly carpeted as were bathrooms in the other flats in the block.
My kitchen also came carpeted!
In the 1970s and 1980s, we had something called "carpet protector": wide strips of clear, ridged plastic you put over your carpet. It was utterly ridiculous: what's the point of having a carpet?
Bathrooms also had other horrors such as coloured baths and other sanitary fittings: avocado was very popular.
@@MrBulky992 oh, the delights of the early 80's bathroom - avocado or peach, and only the dull replaced with white! I remember my nan having a 1950's or 60's pink and black bath - I'm sure it was terribly fashionable at the time, and actually rather cool and groovy when I look back!
But, yes, now that you mention it, I think the 70s and 80s had a flirt with carpeting bathrooms.
Number 4 reminded me of the time my mum bumped into a cardboard cutout of a woman and apologised…she also thanked an automated message on the phone 😂
I always greet the presenter of out local TV news and say goodbye afterwards - just a habit I have got into, am I weird?
Your mum sounds lovely!
I'm not sure where she goes but I never kiss my friends or family. I'm with you don't be putting your lips near my face 😂
A ‘roast’ is usually the name of the meal as all the ingredients are roasted. It includes a roasted meat (usually beef, lamb, chicken or pork) and a mix of vegetables, the roast potatoes being the best thing about the meal - yummy 😊
Plus Yorkshire Puddings, and either Horseradish sauce, mint sauce or Jelly, Cranberry Sauce or Jelly and good old apple sauce. Depending on the meat.
The majority of the ingredients are roasted. The green vegetables tend to be boiled and carrots too. Parsnips and potatoes are invariably roasted.
Ps... in the North it used to be breakfast, dinner.,and tea. (and supper on the way back from the pub)🍻🍟🍔🍗
Same in here in Wales. Unless you're posh 😊
@@tgmac237 lets not talk about pants and underpants😈
To me it was breakfast, lunch and dinner. Supper was like the late bedtime snack you might have after being out somewhere. Curiously lunch at school (Lunchtime break) was when you had 'school dinners. My Grandma used to give us 'high tea' when we're kids - now that sounds antiquated!
@@deja-view1017 dont forget Victoria Woods sitcom Dinnerladies 😸👍
It still is breakfast, dinner, tea. Lunch might be used sometimes, but everyone still understands dinner to be the same thing as lunch and would never use it for the early evening meal that you eat at teatime.
No, we don't tip, you're quite correct.
I think this woman probably goes to high class restaurants, and as I can cook myself, I don't waste money in going to such places.
There's definitely no tipping in the places me and my friends go to, and we don't eat fast food.
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Indian food is not healthy mate, lol. It's made with loads of gee (reduced butter). My father is a GP and he always extra vigilant checking Indian patients out for heart and cholesterol related issues.
Plus Korma etc has a lot of cream in it I think?
@@robcrossgrove7927 Aye, and coconut. Bit sweet for my tastes
@@robcrossgrove7927it’s my favourite Indian meal because I can’t take anything too spicy and sadly it’s getting worse the older I get - but then everything’s getting worse the older I get 😢
No carpets in bathrooms for like- 70 years bro.. XD
A "Sunday Roast" Is a cooked Leg of Lamb, roast potatoes, cooked veggies and other such stuff, sometimes other meats may be added to the side, like sausage meat, or a Yorkshire pudding! They're very yummy, and very filling.
Lucy does not represent the British. If you did a kiss on the face as a greeting in my home town, you'd get twatted. She's middle class, which doesn't mean the same as it does in the US. What you think is middle class is what we call working class
The mispronunciation of Sir David Attenborough. Attin-bruh
Fact #2 is 100% false. You can cancel your TV licence at any time and even get a refund if you dont watch the BBC. We cancelled our licence seven years ago. Also we dont tip in most of the UK because we have minimum wage rules which means resteraunt workers dont rely on tips like they do in the USA because the employer has to pay them minimum wage, by law.
Just an FYI the royal family brings in far more than they cost! Also we don't tip unless the server earned it!
I don’t know ANYONE who has carpet in the bathroom.
The one tap thing is catching on.With separate taps you just put the plug in and mix the water in the sink 🎩
Exactly! No-one ever mentions the ruddy plug!!
Or you can even turn on the hot tap, the water comes out cool and gradually heats up so while you wash your hands under the hot tap that water will only be really hot by the time you’re rinsing the soap off for the last time - no problem.
We tip taxi drivers and hairdressers. That is about it.
Sunday roast consists of a roasted meat of your choice along with roast potatoes (part boiled potatoes drained and then baked in lard/goose fat or oil in the oven yum)
You serve it with an array of vegetables, stuffing (if chicken/turkey) Yorkshire puddings and gravy. It’s a bit like a thanksgiving meal
University is free in Scotland. Lucy needs to learn more about the UK, rather than just England.
its not free as we English in us in the north PAY foir your free ride in scotland-whilst you scottish dont even pay your way- your debt alone cripples you. I say we should give you independence as Scotland is a milstone around everyone elses neck
@@theSFCchannel Is it painful? Being that stupid. Does it hurt? Scotland's oil has been subsidising the UK economy for years. Give us all the oil money back that the UK has frittered away and *then* tell us how the UK's wrecked economy is somehow our fault. You're an embarrassment.
I have seen this before because I've been here for a decade...its great but what she means is 50 weird facts about London.
1. Tea is great
2. BBC fee is mandatory in the UK. Unless you do not watch live TV.
3. Queues are queues, no-one likes them but everything is solved quickly if we wait in turn.
4. Manners are a huge difference between US and UK kids in particular.
5. Friends hug in the UK I don't know what she is on about.
6. My favourite...the Brits love the 2 weeks of summer! :D (the average temp in the UK is 9 degrees Celsius...48 degrees in American lol)
7. Clueless woman.
8. Manners. Respect. Etc...
9. British humour is very 'bracing' when you first get here...for example, I was called an american cunt 4 times within 2 weeks of moving here by people who are now my best friends...I thought they hated me at the time.
10. This is true.
I love watching your reactions, you seem to be really interested so you should be aware that...
The BBC (which is Government run) has 4 tv channels, 6 national and quite a few regional radio channels and some cable channels to and is £13.25 a month.
There was talk of the licence going and being replace with pay-per-view type thing but it never happened.
Chicken Tikka Masala as you say is UK invented dish.
I like cats or infact most animals better than people.
In every video she does she portrays us as heavy drinkers.
Mainly I think those who drink do it at weekends as a social thing. Most of the people I know dont drink that much at all.
The people that can afford to go abroad on holiday (Turkey, Spain, Greece, etc..
The weather here is temperate, not too hot not too cold for most of the year and it rains more than average.
Scotland and the north of England usually get snow in winter but down south it's not guaranteed, in Wales only for a few days if at all.
She's terrified of wasps.
I get wasps and Bees in the house in summer, I just open a window.
Regarding carpet in the bathroom not a problem, it's colder here an Ametica, no never had a toilet overflow.
Stair carpet is not hard to clean.
I walk on the left, always have since school days. I think walking on the right seems to be a thing that immigrants have introduced, don't consider it a problem I go with the flow 🙂.
The UK is vastly diverse because of it's people and terrain.
Our supermarkets are very big but yours are bigger.
I live in Wales, glad I dont live where she does. I work in a supermarket and everyone I know and work with are friendly. I chat to neighbours and the people on the bus when I go home.
Wouldn't read the Daily Mail if you paid me. Get most of my news on line.
We only tip in certain places, posh restaurants maybe, taxis, the hairdresser.
Restaurant staff use to be tipped because they didn't earn as much but it's not the case now.
Roast dinner can be, a joint of beef, pork, lamb or a chicken with vegetables like, peas, carrots, swede, parsnips, sprouts or cabbage. potatoes, (whole roasted or mashed) with stuffing, gravy and yorkshire puddings. I think you call yorkshire puddings popovers.
There are a lot of people like Lucy using their experiences of living in certain parts of the country to advise people such as yourself.
While it's not totally wrong it can be coloured by their upbring and where they live so I would say watch a few and draw your own conclusions or ask questions, most of us would be glad to help if any of it is confusing.
The BBC is not run by the government.
I thought some of it was verging on the edge of parody. She's not far off a pretty good comedy set! It was good fun 😂
Queue jumping makes me really angry and I always challenge it. I say there's the queue and then there's anarchy, queue, anarchy.
I'm amazed I've not been decked yet, although I probably look pretty psycho, so maybe not so surprising. If they position themselves in front of someone who is in front of me and that person doesn't complain, I'll walk in front of them and the queue jumper and won't move. Well someone has to defend civilization. I'm not a millennial but I rarely drink. A wasp stung me whilst I was sleeping, nearly had a heart attack, you can bet I killed the bugger. Bees good, Wasps bad. I got my stairs carpeted for the first time in my life early this year, I'm loving it. No carpet in the bathroom, it's unsanitary. My mum was cooking Sunday dinner into her 80's, she always over cooked the veg, but it was a family bonding event and chance to catch up. Pub lunch is nice, especially with a carvery. British plugs should be adopted world wide, it's designed to prevent kids or idiots from killing themselves. Tipping is a weird one, I wasn't even aware of it till I went to France with friends on holiday in the 90's. The worker in question nearly cried when we tipped her, probably gave more than 20%. I felt sorry for her and now if we go to a posh restaurant I usually tip in cash, but I really feel the employer should be giving them a living wage. It's a bit of a con.
38: Using the Car Horn is not just frowned upon, it is part of the rules of the road you should have learned when you were taught to drive. Excessive bad use can also get you stopped by the Police. The Rule is that "car horns should only be used to warn other road users of imminent danger and ONLY when a car is in motion". Not sure if it is still true, but it used to be that it could only be used up to 10PM in the evening. After that time you would be committing an Offense of "Nuisance"
I've known car drivers give a quick toot and wave to a pedestrian friend or relative. Bus drivers too sometimes. or sometimes if someone is a bit far from the bus stop and running like the clappers, the driver will toot them and stop for them, or indicate that he/she will wait at the bus stop for them.
i live in WALES uk, 15c we do not go out half naked xD!!!!!! shes using a british comedy . So take it with a pinch of salt
It's well known that young English, (I don't know about the rest of Britain), people like to go out pubbing and clubbing wearing next to nothing, even when there's snow on the ground. Have seen the on TV and in the papers. Some of the girls don't even wear a vest or petticoat!
Some fairly basic 'observations' here (and a few actual facts) but overall well done. Can tell her age, social class and region through some of them, they can be different across generations and regions of the UK. For example, we love a good curry, but I have my fish and chips for lunch regularly when shopping in Eastbourne and the chippy is always packed with people. Coastal regions tend to have better fish and chips. I have lived inland (Oxford) and the coast of both England and Scotland, and there's no comparison. Everything tastes better by the sea. We usually tip the waiter if the service is good, but staff get a decent living wage so it's not required. I have also asked to have the service charge removed from a receipt once. Nope.You have to deserve it and it has to go to the person who served our table. But leaving without tipping isn't an issue here in the UK because their salary doesn't depend on it.
I don't think a school bus driver buying easter eggs for the children has a hidden agenda. Some people are just nice. Why would you think that?
"I love the juxtaposition of posh idealism with low-class dirty shit." Yep - that pretty much defines us :-)
In the North of England when we meet a friend we will bob our head by an almost imperceptible amount and mumble "alright?".
Hi, I’m British, I’m 41. This young lady is talking out her backside.
Why is some RP speaking posho speaking for the whole of Britain?
I feel like she’s pandering to the British stereotype of Britain rather than what it’s actually like. Quite frustrating.
A “Sunday roast” is a southern title. We call it “Sunday dinner” up north
We rarely tip in the north. Workers are now paid a living wage.
With regards to the BBC and owning a televsion, because of the growth of streaming, this is no longer really aplicable and less and less people pay for a TV licence. You only need to pay for a TV licence if you watch A) Live or On-Demand TV or B) Any BBC related programming including BBC iPlayer. But for example, if you have a TV, and only watch netflix/disney+/amazon prime etc. then no, you don't need to pay for a licence.
In terms of the Celcius Vs Farenheit thing - hot weather in Britain is awful, it's extremely extremely humid, a total lack of moisture and/or wind, so when we say it's 19c and it's hot, that's because 19c feels like 29c.
Women up North are worst fir underdressing especially North East🎩
Can I just comment on something that happened in Britain that I think goes unsaid!! There was a lot of firearms in public life! Especially after the Great;(terrible) war!! It was your right to keep a gun. After World War II along with creating the NHS, welfare state, nationalisation of essential services we voted to give up our guns. The laws that say guns are good were written for a different time, when personal safety, feeding yourself & militia’s were a necessity. We volunteered our guns away. You can do it too !!
Sunny days: we do don shorts, short sleeves and other cooling clothing but Brits are used to going on holiday to sunnier climates and therefore understand the need to take preventative measures. Those who get sunburnt have usually dozed off in the garden before the sun was too hot and then caught the brunt of it later. If they get burnt, they are very silly billies in deed.
Lots of generalisations and mistakes i wish these people would caveat the videos with it being their perspective. She obviously has a problem with the North and maybe a bit of a snob, a number of cities had below 50% white British population before 2011. Bathroom carpet was a very old tradition. This person has never heard of a sink plug which allows you to mix the tap water.
Brits drinking less, I'm not sure about that.
I would say people drink a lot more at home, because its cheaper to buy it at a supermarket than go to a pub.
Makes sense 😂
Fish and chips - if you're at the coast, especially if you're near a fishing port, nothing comes anywhere near a well prepared local fish dish, and some places are nationally famous.
I dont think this woman has much experience with food, and it seems she can't cook.!
In the North breakfast, lunch, dinner is breakfast, dinner, tea
I agree with much of Lucy's take on our way of life. To be honest, you're not going to be in agreement with everyone when you talk from yr own perspective. (I add that comment after reading some of the comments here).
Winter is dark but on the winter solstice, sunrise is approx 08:00 and sunset is approx 15:50. I think Lucy might need to do a little more research before releasing videos, bless her.
I'm from the UK and hate the tanning stuff, I'm happy being pale lol. Actually the royal thing she said is wrong, they do bring in more revenue the they spend in tourism especially from Americans lol. Also she wrong sith teh dinner times too, is different for everyone, and some parts will have the order of breakfast, dinner tea(not the drink) and sometimes a light supper. In my part of the uk Wales, it would be majority breakfast from 8am to 10am, then dinner(lunch) around 12pm to 1.30pm, then tea meal around between 6pm and 8pm, supper is about 10, but times can very here too. The carpet in the bathroom, thats mostly elderly and cause its gets cold, but i agree its not hygienic, in my home we've always had lino (linoleum full name). Actually tipping isnt a requirement it is up to you, but when we do it's usually between 10 to 15 % but depends on where you live of course, but you don't have to tip at all. A roast usually means the whole meal, could be any meat you like tho, in my house growing up it was always my dad who would cook the sunday roast, but my mum dished out the food for everyone on their plates tho. 🏴
A roast doesn't have to be a large piece of meat. I live by myself and will roast A chicken leg quarter, or duck. And I might boil a bacon joint, but cook roast potatoes with it.
@@robcrossgrove7927 Yeah the meat can be any size according to whether you're a large family or just one person, that's the good thing it adaptable.
yes there fewer younger drinkers they have replaced it with drugs because when i was in my teens i could have a night out 7 pints and a meal for £5 now it more like £50-£70
I'm 49 and born and raised in UK and one never had carpet in bathrooms and put a plug in the sink I do think she has been brought up in some kind of bubble and never worn leggings and my kids stayed at home till they found their own place didn't expect them to move out at 18 and she must be super sensitive if a car horn upset her day 😂maybe had one or two ready meals in my life as I cook from scratch far better and cheaper it's not common to tip only if you want to and have a chippy tea at least once a week she just might not like fish and chips 😂
Is there a punctuation shortage where you're from?
😮😣 Oh no... Not Lucy !! Her videos drive me "CrAzY" 😖☹️
The Licence fee is about £145 or £150
(I pay mine at about £6 per fortnight)
We are polite, yes but not as much as the Canadians are.
I do not kiss people in greeting and I know nobody who does. (Hugs are okay)
When it's hot, it's very HOT (30 - 35 /40 c)
'Tutting' is a thing in a queue but it's just 'passive/aggressive' rather than plain 'angry'.
Oh dear... I am a cat & horses person. Dogs are okay but not my 'preferred' pet. .+sadly I have no pets now as was forced to give up my cats by my Housing Association. (H.A) 😢
We are (as a nation) 'at odds' with each other re the RF (Royal Family)
Three meals per day is not necessarily
'a thing' for all of us. Breakfast - not for me, I just like lunch & dinner.
Winters are dark. And cold. And damp. But not always snowy.
The plugs thing is true. Watch Tom Scott - he's really good.
We do not have carpet in our bathroom.
We have no carpet in our flat at all.
We have (my daughter & I) have a mixer tap in our kitchen...but we have 2 taps in our bathroom - but we do not have a bath, just a 'loo', a washbasin, and an electric shower (with a fold-down chair with arms, & wall rails, as I am disabled) we (my *daughter & I*) do not read the newspapers. We get our news online (but not from The Mail).
We don't tip, unless to a helpful cabbie for example. We (*) do _not_ eat a regular Sunday Roast.
We do _not_ all indulge in regular 'pub / clubs' drinking. (Lucy is beginning to sound a bit like a 'lush' !!)
Anglohenia (Lucy & co) are _not_ the best representatives of the general British populace.
(Nor are 'Joel & Lia' - 'Those Two English' guys... 😕
... ❤️🖖
I think I've said enough really.
I also don't have carpet in my flat. Live by myself and never been able to afford it. I have breakfast, (usually just a bowel of cereal and a mug of tea), and I have tea, approx 7pm. Don't do lunch. It's not necessary.
I'm from the age where everything was delivered to your door.. Milk coal.. Mineral waters (the pop man) etc but I thought that was a thing of the past.. Except newspapers.. I didn't know people still had milk delivered to their doors.. I live in Wolverhampton in the west Midlands of the UK and I've not seen milk delivery's for about 30 years or so
It’s made a comeback pretty big time in lots of areas. In my village the dairy closed and for about a decade we had no such thing then randomly it started back up again a few years ago, but from a large, faceless corporation based elsewhere.
Most of our houses are bricked and insulated, so the with global warming our houses are like ovens.
I'm glad someone below explained how the Royal finances work. Many people from the US seem to think the Royals can just dip their hands into piles of money - like the old Scrooge McDuck cartoons of yesteryear 😂😂
I've never in my life seen a carpeted bathroom. Surely the toilet wasn't though? (Though I did use to visit an elderly woman in South Africa who had crotched covers - not just over the spare loo roll, but covering the damn seats!)
No, I didn't agree with all this person said - we never have dinner before 8.30 - 9.00 for example. And in summer when the sun doesn't go down 'til around 10, we wait till after dark to eat.. But she does represent a significant portion of the public. Whether one agrees with, or even likes, this particular portion or not, they do represent part of the UK. While those in Council accommodation & on Benefits make up yet another demographic.🤭 So none of these sectors can be said to represent England. England is bound up still in the ghosts of the Danelaw of 1,500 years ago. The differences between the North & South have been around a long time & visitors don't really understand which bits are the "Real" or "typical" English person. 🤔 When of course we all are.😁
I always try to have my dinner/tea at around 7pm. When I lived at home with my parents, we used to eat somewhere between 5 and 6 in the evening. But I did know other people who ate much later.
Carpeted kitchens and bathrooms have been a thing since the 1960s when the fashion for fitted, wall-to-wall carpetting was in full swing. Before that, most people had lino covered with rugs.
My new flat came with a bathroom and kitchen fully carpetted in the early 1980s.
The carpet is protected from loo splashes etc. by means of a plastic or rubber horseshoe-shaped mat which goes around the bottom of the loo pan.
I got rid of the carpeting at the earliest opportunity and replaced it with tiling.